This lady has deviated silicone implant and associated short, contracted nose. It is a very common complication of silicone implant rhinoplasty.
Revision rhinoplasty included silicone removal, replacing the silicone with rib cartilage, and lengthening the nose and tip. Only autogenous materials like rib cartilage can enable all these procedures. Filling the empty, excavated dorsum with carved rib cartilage requires a lot of efforts. Tedious carving to prevent warping, secure fixation of the graft to the widely dissected dorsum, making a smooth transition from forehead to nose, prevention of an operated look, etc. Lengthening the contracted skin needs wide undermining of skin, making a stable flatform to fix the lengthened tip cartilage and skin, and filling the deficient vestibular skin if present.
Behind the 3 series of pre and postoperative photos below lie 4 hours of focused efforts of a rhinoplasty surgeon.
Revision rhinoplasty included silicone removal, replacing the silicone with rib cartilage, and lengthening the nose and tip. Only autogenous materials like rib cartilage can enable all these procedures. Filling the empty, excavated dorsum with carved rib cartilage requires a lot of efforts. Tedious carving to prevent warping, secure fixation of the graft to the widely dissected dorsum, making a smooth transition from forehead to nose, prevention of an operated look, etc. Lengthening the contracted skin needs wide undermining of skin, making a stable flatform to fix the lengthened tip cartilage and skin, and filling the deficient vestibular skin if present.
Behind the 3 series of pre and postoperative photos below lie 4 hours of focused efforts of a rhinoplasty surgeon.
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